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The Girls: Andrea Blood & Zerelda Sinclair

1975 Andrea Blood born, England
1976 Zerelda Sinclair born, England
1992 Blood and Sinclair meet at Parkstone Girls Grammar School, Dorset, aged 16
1996 Blood and Sinclair begin collaborating as The Girls during their first year at Central Saint Martins, whilst sharing a flat in Brixton
1999-2006 Blood and Sinclair take a hiatus from The Girls
2006 The Girls become active again
2013 Blood and Sinclair live and work in London and Bournemouth

EDUCATION

1995-1998 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (both)
1994-1995 Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) (both)

COMMISSIONS

2012
'Land of Lower Gardenia' - performance, Bournemouth's Lower Gardens. A commission for the second Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival, a collaboration with Wulf Theatre and choir director Ali Sharpe. Curated by Carol Maund. Over fifty local people took part.

2011
'Grand Grotesque Parade' - film & performance, a special commission for Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival. Directed by The Girls, associate directors: We 3 (Alice Flynn, Antonia Beck, Felicity Crabb), choir director: Ali Sharpe. Curated by Carol Maund. Over 200 local people took part.

Vauxhall Art Car Commission - installation and performance. POSTED Projects (curated by Julia Royse) and The Girls transformed one of four sponsored vehicles at the Art Car Boot Fair, in collaboration with the British Postal Museum & Archive. Curated by Ashton Hayward Productions. Brick Lane Yard, London

2010
‘The Girls Studio’ a special commission by Tate Britain as part of Loud Tate 2010, ‘SUPERminitinyBIG’, in response to the Tate's ‘Rude Britannia’ exhibition. Tate Britain, London

‘The Paper Eaters – Long Live the Photo-Story’, installation, residency and magazine publishing; commissioned by Selfridges in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery (UK). Selfridges’ Ultralounge, Oxford Street, London

‘The Paper Eaters’ magazine by The Girls – issues 1, 2, 3 and collectable box, published by Selfridges in association with The Photographers’ Gallery